Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior Behavior: anything an animal does in response to a stimulus in its environment

Innate Behavior Inherited behavior Examples Reflex- simplest innate behavior with no conscience control suckling Instinct- complex pattern of innate behaviors Web building or nest building

Instinctive Behaviors Sarus Crane planet earth birds of paradise Courtship- behaviors males and females carry out before mating Discourages interbreeding between wrong species Sounds, visual displays, dances, chemical signals

Territoriality - defense of a physical space, territory Songs, calls, intimidation, marking territory, attack, chase bashing-bison.

Cycles of Instinctive Behaviors Circadian rhythm – 24 hour cycle of behavior diurnal leaf movement Sleep patterns

Cycles of Instinctive Behaviors Migration- seasonal or periodic movement -wildebeest-migration Monarchs

Cycles of Instinctive Behaviors Hibernation- state of reduced metabolism as animals sleep through cold winter

Cycles of Instinctive Behaviors Estivation- state of reduced metabolism as animals sleep through hot summer

Learned Behavior Learned Behavior-behavior that changes through practice or experience Habituation Animal is given stimulus without punishment or reward Leads to lack of response Gets “used to” Examples: people sleeping through train habituation and the rat

Learned Behavior Imprinting Duck loves Dog Imprinting Partially instinct Attachment to an object during a certain time in an animals life

Learned Behavior Trial and Error Learning where animal is rewarded for a particular response

Learned Behavior Conditioning Learning in which an animal connects a stimulus with a certain behavior Learning by association Pavlov’s dogs conditioning and pavlov

Pavlov’s dogs

Learned Behavior Insight Animal uses its experience to respond to something new Problem solving the box and the banana

Communication Exchange of information that results in a change in behavior Sounds, body movements, facial expressions, chemicals bees-navigation